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Yom HaShoah: When Human Rights Become “Too Political”

I pledge to continue the call to recognize the sanctity of life for all human beings. I vow never to be silent in the face of oppression — no matter how “political” it may seem to some.

Yom HaAtzma’ut: A Resource for Educators

This resource has been created ahead of Yom HaAtzma’ut 2025 but is designed to be adaptable for year-round use, offering educational tools, programs, and texts that support ongoing learning within your community.

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A Prayer for Gaza and to Preserve Our Humanity

By Rabbis Felicia Sol and Roly Matalon of B’nai Jeshurun in New York City.

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Dr. David Arnow

Facing Our Trials with Hope: Abraham and the Akedah

by Dr. David Arnow
A D’var Torah for Rosh Hashanah by David Arnow, Ph.D. From climate change and the erosion of democratic norms to the resurgence of antisemitism and the fight for human rights, one thing is clear: If despair triumphs over hope, we’ll never overcome the challenges we face. Hope enables us to envision a better future and...
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Rabbi Claudia Kreiman

Waiting On Our First Fruits

by Rabbi Claudia Kreiman
The work of pursuing justice, healing this world, feels at moments like a desert without a clear destination. The journey is hard and long, but when in the desert, when in the midst of suffering, when in despair, we are commanded not to lose hope.
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Going Beyond Rectifying Poverty

by Rabbi Henry A. Zoob
These passages (from this week's parshah) go beyond the basic responsibility of physically helping the poor; they challenge us to take into account their dignity and personhood.
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Abolition, Abolition Shall You Pursue!

by Cantor Michael Zoosman
...justice comes in many forms. It is not, as many mistakenly think, mostly punishment and consequences.
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Dangerous Idols in Ancient Israel and Contemporary America

by Rabbi Barry H. Block
We do not celebrate the destruction of other people’s holy sites. Nonetheless, Moses had it right: Establishing a just society, as the Holy One commands, requires rooting out the symbols of evil.
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Trampling over the Torah

by Cantor David A. Lipp
We should never assume our success is rubber-stamped or approved forever. Our actions can always be re-evaluated, and based on prophetic precedent, God tends to hold us to a higher standard of behavior than our neighbors, not a lower one.
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Returning from the Narrow Place

by Rabbi Steven Jacobs
In our tradition, from any place on earth, even in a prison cell, there is always the possibility of teshuvah — a return.
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Kernels of Inspiration for the Yamim Noraim (Days of Awe) 2022

by Rabbi Mona Alfi, Rabbi James M. Bennett, Rabbi Barry Block, Rabbi Lauren Henderson, Rabbi Arielle Lekach-Rosenberg
Five chaverim share thoughts on a social-justice-themed sermon they might give in the upcoming High Holiday season. We hope that their insights will move your intellectual gears as you prepare to deliver sacred messages to your community.  Each chaver will share a topic, the text they are basing their sermon around, and the takeaway they...
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Turning our Backyards into Sanctuary Cities

by Rabbi David Eber
...the Torah instructs that in the midst of our holiest cities and amongst people who do the work of God, that precisely there — in that place — are the vulnerable to take refuge.
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What “Women’s Rights” Should Mean

by Rabbi Simone Schicker
I would like to see us reclaim what women’s rights can mean – and note that our tradition supports our demand to be seen as fully human, however we identify.
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